South Korea

Meet South Korea’s octogenarians rapping to stave off dementia

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In a small South Korean village, the elderly rap group Suni and the Seven Princesses has taken social media by storm with their songs about farm life. Despite their limited education due to the Korean War, they learned how to rap and found success, inspiring four other senior rap groups in the area's ageing community. South Korea is expected to become a "super-ageing" society as early as 2025, with a fifth of its population above the age of 65.
 

February 15, 2024